Spillover.

[Matthew]

www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/oct/11/spillover-animal-infections-david-qaummen-review[glow=red,2,300][/glow]

One for my Christmas list me thinks.

Just the sort of cheerful tome that I can sit down with on Boxing Day night with a hot cup of tea and a slice of my Aunt Aggies fruit cake !

[edwin]

Scary, to quote Scarlett O'Hara "I'll think about it tomorrow".

Funny what one reads over Christmas, I was once called a sad old man by a work colleague because I was pleased that I had got a book on Experimental Archaeology to read over the festive season.

[bunty]

I've always thought ducks with their evil black eyes of midnight will be the harbingers of apocalyptic doom. They will be there with the Ice Giants when they cross the Rainbow Bridge heralding Ragnarok. Public parks will be the petri dishes of destruction for humankind if we do not act quickly. I suggest everyone on this site make a commitment to eat Peking Crispy Duck or Duck l'Orange at least once a week. Together we can consume our way out of potential oblivion.

[edwin]

The authorities should be able to cope, there are plenty of quack doctors.